North Yorkshire County Council

 

5 May 2021

 

The Report of the Executive

 

 

1.0       Purpose of the Report

1.1       To provide County Council with details of reports received, decisions made and recommendations to County Council by the Executive since the last meeting of the County Council on 17 February 2021.

 

 

2.0       Details of meetings

 

2.1       The following sections provide details of decisions made and recommendations to County Council by the Executive since the last meeting of the County Council on 17 February 2021.  The meetings were held on the following dates:  16 February 2021; 9 March 2021 (Q3 Performance Monitoring and Budget); and 23 March 2021.  The meeting scheduled for 20 April 2021 was cancelled.

 

            All of the meetings were live broadcast and the recordings of the meetings are available via the following link - https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/live-meetings

 

2.2       16 February 2021 Executive Meeting

The Executive met on Tuesday 16 February 2021.  It was a live broadcast meeting using MS Teams and OBS software.  County Councillor Carl Les in the Chair. County Councillors Gareth Dadd, David Chance, Caroline Dickinson, Michael Harrison, Andrew Lee, Don Mackenzie, Patrick Mulligan, Janet Sanderson and Greg White.

 

In attendance: County Councillor Paul Haslam.

 

Apologies: none received.

 

Substantive agenda items were:

 

·         Area Constituency Committee Feedback

·         Special Schools Budget 2021-2022

·         Lowering the Age Range of Stillington County Primary School

·         Winding-up of SJB Recycling Ltd

·         Review of Traded Services in Education and Skills due to Covid-19

·         Potential Purchase of Land within the County (this item contained exempt information).

 

The link to the reports and minutes from this meeting is as follows:

 

            Agenda for Executive on Tuesday, 16th February, 2021, 11.00 am | North Yorkshire County Council

 

2.3       9 March 2021 Executive (Q3 Performance Monitoring and Budget) Meeting

The Executive met on Tuesday 9 March 2021.  It was a live broadcast meeting using MS Teams and OBS software.  County Councillor Carl Les in the Chair. County Councillors Gareth Dadd, David Chance, Caroline Dickinson, Michael Harrison, Andrew Lee, Don Mackenzie, Janet Sanderson and Greg White.

 

In attendance: County Councillors Derek Bastiman, Derek Bastiman, John Ennis, Paul Haslam, Janet Jefferson, Karin Sedgwick, Andy Paraskos and Annabel Wilkinson.

 

Apologies: County Councillor Patrick Mulligan.

 

Substantive agenda items were:

 

·                Q3 Performance Monitoring and Budget report including: Revenue Plan; Capital Plan; Treasury Management and Prudential Indicators

·                Covid Winter Grant Scheme Update

·                St Hilda's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitby - School Closure Proposal

·                Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme

·                Appointments to Committees and Outside Bodies

 

The link to the reports and minutes from this meeting is as follows:

 

Agenda for Executive on Tuesday, 9th March, 2021, 11.00 am | North Yorkshire County Council

 

2.4       23 March 2021 Executive Meeting

          The Executive met on Tuesday 23 March 2021.  It was a live broadcast meeting using MS Teams and OBS software.  County Councillor Carl Les in the Chair.  County Councillors Gareth Dadd, David Chance, Caroline Dickinson, Michael Harrison, Andrew Lee, Don Mackenzie, Patrick Mulligan, Janet Sanderson and Greg White.

 

In attendance: County Councillors David Goode and Paul Haslam.

 

            Substantive agenda items were:

 

·                     Revised Plan for Economic Growth

·                     Scrutiny Review Final Report - Single Use Plastics

·                     Collaboration Agreement - Shared Waste Arrangements with City of York Council

 

The link to the reports and minutes from this meeting is as follows:

 

Agenda for Executive on Tuesday, 23rd March, 2021, 11.00 am | North Yorkshire County Council

 

3.0       Formal meetings of the authority’s committees from 7 May 2021 onwards

 

The current regulations enabling the holding of remote access meetings lapse on 7 May 2021.  The Executive has not been able to meet and consider how to hold the formal meetings the authority’s committees, from 7 May 2021 onwards.  As such, the Leader agreed to urgently recommend to full Council, under his urgency powers in para 14 of the Executive Members’ Delegation Scheme, a proposal for how formal committee meetings could be held.

 

The full report is in the main agenda. 

 

 

4.0       Recommendations by Executive for approval/information at County Council

 

The following recommendations were made by Executive at the above meetings for approval and/or information at County Council:

 

4.1       Appointment to Committees and Other Bodies

 

            This item was considered at Executive on 9 March 2021, where Executive was asked to recommend to County Council for approval, the appointment of Ashley Green to the North Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Board as the deputy representative for Healthwatch North Yorkshire.

 

The Executive RECOMMENDS:

 

 

That the appointment of Ashley Green, as the nominated deputy representative for Healthwatch North Yorkshire, on the North Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Board be approved.

 

 

 

CARL LES

Leader

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

26 April 2021